Let try to get good pics. Name of it and reason why it it is your favorite? It could be: last forever, High Quality, Looks, Dream brush, whatever! Then do you bowl with it or palm with it.
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Let try to get good pics. Name of it and reason why it it is your favorite? It could be: last forever, High Quality, Looks, Dream brush, whatever! Then do you bowl with it or palm with it.
I found a guy that hand makes them they are beautiful! I a big USMC fan and love the Olive drab color this is a silver tip badger olive drab colored Buckeye Burl wood 24mm. I use mine with a bowl. Since he does them custom I plan to get him to put a little EGA on it if possible.
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Love them all because I made every one:)
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I have a couple of Somerset made Simpson Supers, Rooney Finest, Plisson HMW and a few Thater 2 bands. I love 'em all. Gotta go to work now so no time for pix.
As a noob brush idiot, can someone explain what differences I might expect to enjoy from a "better" brush than my low cost but seemingly effective pure badger brush?
Thanks for the help.
I'll post a photo of it later and will say I think it's great and is the best brush I've ever used!!! LOL it's the only brush I've ever tried.
The heck with the brushes in that photo, I'll take the clock.
I've never really gotten into brushes. I don't know why - perhaps because the area of making lather and applying it is the least interesting part of shaving for me. Many people love them, but I just see them as a tool. I have 3 atm - all badger in varying degrees of silvertipery. I used to have a boar one but it fell apart. I suppose if I had to choose which one I favoured the most it would be the one I am using at the moment - Truefitt and Hill something-badger (pure, best, super, whatever).
James.
Not Gonna Happen,Thats a 10 inch Chelsea:)Quote:
Originally Posted by thebigspendur
I only have one (an Omega Badger) used with an old coffee cup (I don't have any cool scuttles or froo-froo shave bowls :cool: )
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I've only tried three different badgers, but have been able to tell quite a difference. One was a Sabi best or pure...not sure..it was an add on with an ebay purchase. They S. to the UCK. Another was a Parker best or pure that came with a safety and stand and it's actually been a nice compliment filler between the horse and silvertip. I like it's water retention abililty along with the stiff/softness ratio. My silvertip is my favorite and stands out much softer than the rest. There's no name brand here, but a nice, weighty, beautiful, hand-turned cocobolo handled, well-balanced tool made expressly for creams, in my opinion.Quote:
Originally Posted by unit
So, in order of stiffness: boar, horse, best badger, silvertip
in order of favorite: boar, best badger, horse, silvertip
TMI?
Im in the same boat Unit. Lol I see so many some that make lathers better or bigger brushes. I figures a few brush gurus would put up info lol some I just like cause they look real niceQuote:
Originally Posted by unit
I guess ignorance is bliss because I know nothing other than the one and only brush I have ever used seems great.Quote:
Originally Posted by USMCChaps
see I have to use alot of cream and only can get one pass out of mine.
I have a Shavemac pure badger that is a favorite. A few of the cheaper Semogue boars that I like very much too. It doesn't necessarily have to be an expensive brush to do the job and for the end user to enjoy it. Maybe a bad analogy but I enjoy wearing my Chuck Taylor Converse All Stars as much as my Florsheim Imperials but one is not in the same class as the other. When you get into high end badger knots the differences are nuanced. IOW, hard to put into words. I can say that my Thater has soft tips and a lot of backbone but you have to really feel it to appreciate it. IMHO.
For making lather more efficiently mantic shaving videos on you tube helped me a lot.
My favorite bush is the two that I have, an AOS Fine Badger and a Semogue 610 in black, because they both do an excellent job of making and putting slick and creamy shave goodness on my face, every day.
this post says it all,IMO:)Quote:
Originally Posted by IamSt8ght
